Algorithmic power: the TikTok model creates a new framework for U.S.-China relations

On September 16, 2025, Donald Trump signed a decree postponing the ban on TikTok, marking the fourth time he delayed the implementation of the law that designates TikTok as a national security threat due to its ties to China.

According to the document, all actions to enforce the law are postponed until December 16, 2025, and the social network, used by more than 60% of American youth, is planned to be transferred under the control of an American company.

The agreement on transferring TikTok demonstrates the formation of intoxication in the American information space, which manifests through the concentration of control over a social network that covers 170 million active users in the US and overall more than 60% of youth and about a third of the country's population.